Jan, snapshot_root means the path where you will save your snapshot/backup. not necessary this path exist, it will just automatically create. In your case, you take a backup of your home directory and the destination will be the external drive which is mounted in /backup, so your config will look like this;
snapshot_root /backup/ interval daily 7 interval weekly 4 backup /home localhost/ you can check first the syntax of your configuration file by using the command, -bash-3.00# rsnapshot configtest So what happen is, inside you daily incremental backup is the whole /home folder and inside it are the folders for each user. only the user can open its own folder. you can then share you /backup folder if you want. this is a very good backup/snapshot utility. we even use it in NAS as a file system snapshot, for block level snapshot we use LVM. warren On 4/26/07, jan gestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On 4/25/07, Warren Beldad <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > jan, > > forget about making that script :-) there are lots out there. > try rsnapshot. http://www.rsnapshot.org/ > it is written in perl script and still based in rsync. > by the end of the week, your /backup folder will contain, > daily.0 > daily.1 > daily.2 > daily.3 > daily.4 > daily.5 > daily.6 > > you can also save it into weekly,monthly,etc...depends on your > requirements. > all you need to do is configure its config file, how many backup it will > store, and the location of the source and destination...... hi warren, rsnapshot seems interesting, i have a question though regarding its configuration, according to rsnapshot.conf the snapshot_root directory is in /.snapshots/ , can i change this to my setup i.e., i have an external drive mounted manually named /backup. and also is it normal at this point that the /.snapshots/ does not exist yet? i haven't run rsnapshot yet. tia, jan warren > > On 4/25/07, jan gestre < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On 4/24/07, Edel SM <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > > have you tried rdiff-backup <http://www.nongnu.org/rdiff-backup/>? > > > that's what i am using. i have my cron job running every 4am > > > everyday. > > > > > > i've read about it, my problem is to make an incremental backup script > > that works :D > > > > On 4/24/07, jan gestre <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On 4/24/07, Ian Dexter R. Marquez < [EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: > > > > > Hi, Jan: > > > > > > > > > > The proof of the pudding is in the eating. ;) You'd have to test > > > the > > > > > script first, preferably in a nondestructive way. > > > > > > > > > > What I usually do is set up some mock directories, add some > > > files and > > > > > test the backup script. > > > > > > > > > > Looking at your script, since you're doing the backup locally, > > > there's > > > > > no need for the [EMAIL PROTECTED]: variables. There's also a > > > > > > > > syntax error in the $OPTS variable: > > > > > > > > > > > -backup-dir=$BACKUP_HOME/$BACKUPDIR -av" > > > > > > > > > > should be > > > > > > > > > > --backup-dir= ... > > > > > > > > > > Note the two leading dashes. > > > > > > > > > > It's also a good thing to set up all your variables at the start > > > of > > > > > the script. Call me an O.C. but here's what I would do: > > > > > > > > > > <script> > > > > > #!/bin/sh > > > > > > > > > > SRCDIR=/home/d3m/source > > > > > BAKHOME=/home/d3m/backup > > > > > BAKDIR=`date +%A` > > > > > LOGDIR=/home/d3m/log > > > > > TMPDIR=/home/d3m/tmp > > > > > OPTS="-av --force --ignore-errors --delete --backup > > > > > --backup-dir=$BAKHOME/$BAKDIR" > > > > > RSYNC=/usr/bin/rsync > > > > > > > > > > # Start > > > > > date > $LOGDIR/backup.$BAKDIR.log > > > > > > > > > > # Cleanup > > > > > [ -d $TMPDIR ] || mkdir $TMPDIR > > > > > $RSYNC --delete -a $TMPDIR $BAKHOME/$BAKDIR > > > > > rm -rf $TMPDIR > > > > > > > > > > # Backup > > > > > $RSYNC $OPTS $SRCDIR $BAKHOME/current >> > > > $LOGDIR/backup.$BAKDIR.log > > > > > > > > > > exit 0 > > > > > </script> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > scenario is that the /home directory will be backed up using > > > an external > > > > > > hard drive attached to the local machine. i already formatted > > > this drive > > > > and > > > > > > named the partition /backup, however i did not auto mount it > > > using > > > > fstab, is > > > > > > it advisable to auto mount it? > > > > > > > > > > Provided that it is attached to the box, you can just mount it > > > using > > > > > the script, then unmount it afterwards. Quite useless if it's > > > always > > > > > attached, but safe nevertheless. > > > > > > > > > > Hope these help. Good luck with the script. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ian, > > > > > > > > i tried to run the script i posted but i got so many errors too > > > many to > > > > mention, dunno the proper syntax, i thought it came from trend's > > > KB :D > > > > > > > > i'll give your's a try, will keep you posted. thanks. > > > > > > > > > > > > jan > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________ > > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > > > > > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > _________________________________________________ Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List [email protected] (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph
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